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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
The point of difference between your committee and the Senate 
committee, was on the question of granting certificates on the 
grounds of practice, the Senate committee insisting on provid¬ 
ing foi a thiid class certificate to all that class who have been in 
practice for five years preceding the passage of the act. Your 
committee objected to this feature of the bill, and preferred to 
have the bill fail rather than pass with this provision. 
A copy of our bill with the amended Senate bill is herewith 
presented. 
M. Stalker. 
Jno. E. Brown. 
On motion, a vote of thanks was tendered the committee for. 
the faithful service rendered during the past year, and the com¬ 
mittee was continued another year. 
The report of Committee on Collective Statistics was then 
submitted by Dr. Edwards, as follows : 
Gentlemen : Your committee is sorry to have to report a 
lack of interest displayed by the members of this Association 
in this line ot research, as the following will prove ; one thousand, 
seven hundred and seventy-five blanks were sent out to sixty- 
seven members; fifty-seven were returned filled out; these were 
collected by five members; of these, thirty-three were collected by 
one member, leaving a balance of twenty-four for the remaining 
faithful four to share. In reply to a circular sent out, calling in 
blanks so that a report could be prepared, nine members out of 
sixty-seven replied. 
We can, however, congratulate ourselves that the few notes 
received are of great value, inasmuch as they nearly all contain 
a positive history. 
Of the notes received, sixteen were cases of spavin, eleven 
ringbone, twelve specific ophthalmia, nine kicking and one balki¬ 
ness. 
Of the spavins there were seven males and nine females; in 
color there were five blacks, four bays, three greys, two sorrels 
and one chestnut. In one the history is not given; in ten the 
sires and dams were sound; in three cases other offspring of the 
